WTF? He was first on the scene....His truck had flashing lights....He was treating a patient...What the heck was this cop thinking?!?

This is very similar to the incident that happened a few months ago when another fireman refused to moving his fire engine (which was acting as a
shield from on coming traffic) although in that instance the cop was actually arrested(charges later dropped)

My point is it should have never gotten to that point....They should be working together.

New Roads Police Chief Kevin McDonald reportedly told the news station that the fireman made a sarcastic comment to the officer when he was
asked to move his truck — and that’s reportedly why he was detained. The chief said he does not plan on disciplining the officer involved.

Porter, the victim who needed help, said the cop should be “fired or suspended” for detaining a first responder who was only “helping” her.

“He wasn’t just parking his car to park it,” she said.

A very similar incident recently occurred in Chula Vista, Calif., where a fireman tending to a victim at the scene of a serious rollover car accident
was arrested for refusing to
move his truck.

Sadly it sounds like business as usual... Detain someone because they upset you (or possibly question your authority).

Allow me to be the devils advocate for a second. If you'll watch the video you see that he does get there first but then the ambulance pulls up
beside his truck completely blocking the road.
Now if you are a cop, and you need to get the road clear, who are you going to ask to move? The Firefighter or the Paramedic?

Asking the Firefighter to move was the smarter move. So he got there first big deal. If there was a fire then I would say the paramedic needed to
move.

10 years as a Law Enforcement Officer and I cannot imagine doing this. Anytime I needed them to move a truck for a specific reason at an accident
scene, they never gave me an issue, but then again I didn't ask them to move it just because I felt like it, I had an actual reason it needed to be
moved.

The issue is this. EVERY profession has Aholes and people who do not belong in said profession, but the badges have the public spotlight and being an
idiot shows 10 fold.

I understand that but there should have been no reason to be sarcastic. There wasn't a fire and the Paramedics are there now to replace the
Firefighter. They weren't there to assist him plus they have all the right equipment to help the patient. It was time for the Firefighter to step
off. If he wanted to help further then he could then go clear the road way.

I see all the videos of cops doing wicked things and I get that yes we need to take control of it, but this isn't one of those times.

He detained him in the police car for over twenty minutes. He didn't take him downtown and book him. Big difference.
Yea maybe the cop should have chilled a little more but maybe the Firefighter should have too. It usually takes two to tango and when big heads go
toe to toe nobody wins. This is yet another example of that.

ETA: and let's not lose sight that this is not only about the question of transferring care to the paramedics which may or may not have been completed
(since there is an investigation into whether the cop interfered with a firefighter doing his job) but also about a cop detaining someone because of
sarcasm and a police chief who is okay with that action... any way you look at it that particular piece can't be defended.

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